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LA SALLE

anchoring places of the coasts round about,to know how near the bark La Belle mightcome. To that purpose he sent the pilotWith five of the best men to sound.The pilot did as he was ordered; heSounded and observed the proper places tocome near several coasts. At night he andhis men being in all likelihood tired, theythought fit to go ashore and lie upon theland. They made a fire, perhaps to dressSome meat, but, neglecting to stand upontheir guard, they were surprised and all sixof them killed by the savages, who alsobroke their canoes, and thus avenged themselvesfor the irruption M. de la Salle hadlately made among them.More time being elapsed than M. de laSalle had allotted those men to return, hegrew uneasy and went himself along thecoast to see if any news could be had ofthem, and, keeping along the shore, hefound the sad remains of those unfortunateWretches, whose carcasses, scattered about,Were torn and almost devoured by wolvesor wild dogs, a spectacle which went to hisheart.However, this loss, which afflicted him,and particularly for the sake of the pilot,who was an able man, did not quite casthim down; but, exerting himself against his75